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Steve’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Steve’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Steve S. Saroff’s Followers (365)
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Steve S. Saroff
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Member Since
March 2022
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Paper Targets: Art Can Be Murder
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2022
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9 editions
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The Long Line of Elk
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2022
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3 editions
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* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.
Stories published in 2025
Nine of my recent short stories were submitted to literary journals in 2025, five were accepted, and four were published in 2025. More are forthcoming in 2026. Thank you, Dear Readers. Links to stories, old and new, on Saroff (dot) com
Steve’s Recent Updates
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Alan (the Lone Librarian) wrote: "So terrific that you loved this one as well Barbara and noted its very unique character! Great review!"
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"I don’t like the title of this book. Well, Paper Targets is OK, but the Art Can Be Murder part gives off the wrong vibe.
Other than that, I liked everything about Paper Targets. It’s packed with ideas and observations that are a worthy match for the " Read more of this review » |
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So glad you liked the story, thank you! - steve saroff
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"This was a book club read and made for very interesting discussions. It was enjoyable, but it was not what I expected. Every time I thought I knew where something was going in the story, I was usually wrong. At one point, I thought I had missed a cha"
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"This is a very engaging page-turner. The use of language is exquisite. I'll be looking forward to more from this author..."
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thank you Tifani. I am glad you enjoyed the story.
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“Clean clothes. Gentle talk. Someone to wake up with. Maybe relationships would work if they were based on present-tense actions that never looked for a future beyond the next day.”
― Paper Targets: Art Can Be Murder
― Paper Targets: Art Can Be Murder
“But someone who has been busted broke, if they can take care of themselves from that point, they act different. They build their own fires.”
― Paper Targets: Art Can Be Murder
― Paper Targets: Art Can Be Murder
“My sadness, and especially my joy, one moment was solid, but then the next it was empty space.”
― Paper Targets: Art Can Be Murder
― Paper Targets: Art Can Be Murder
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Turn of a Page:
November's Readathon
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79 | 115 | Nov 30, 2022 06:15PM | |
| Turn of a Page: Laurie & Sehrish "Extra Witchy!" (COMPLETED!!) | 234 | 39 | Dec 18, 2022 09:55PM | |
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Turn of a Page:
December's Readathon
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78 | 137 | Dec 31, 2022 09:07AM | |
| Turn of a Page: Laurie's Apple Tree | 75 | 17 | Feb 25, 2023 06:50AM | |
| Nothing But Readi...: Cleaning Out the TBR Closet 2022 | 1027 | 1219 | Feb 25, 2023 10:21AM | |
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Crime, Mysteries ...:
April 2023 Nominations
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15 | 329 | Feb 27, 2023 07:11PM |
“But someone who has been busted broke, if they can take care of themselves from that point, they act different. They build their own fires.”
― Paper Targets: Art Can Be Murder
― Paper Targets: Art Can Be Murder
“I find her most in solitary places: along the Blackfoot river in Autumn, a place she never saw, where red river rocks sparkle in the low water and dark trout pretend to be shadows.”
― The Long Line of Elk
― The Long Line of Elk
“Out this small window there is a halo of light, the Glory rainbow that scientists tell us is caused by ice crystals, but which my heart tells me is her bright memory.”
― The Long Line of Elk
― The Long Line of Elk
“Clean clothes. Gentle talk. Someone to wake up with. Maybe relationships would work if they were based on present-tense actions that never looked for a future beyond the next day.”
― Paper Targets: Art Can Be Murder
― Paper Targets: Art Can Be Murder
“My sadness, and especially my joy, one moment was solid, but then the next it was empty space.”
― Paper Targets: Art Can Be Murder
― Paper Targets: Art Can Be Murder
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